Brookhaven lab biophysicist F. William Studier wins R&D 100 award
Upton, NY F. William Studier, a biophysicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won a 2004 R&D 100 award for developing a new process that simplifies the production of proteins in the widely used T7 gene expression system. The T7 expression system, developed and patented at Brookhaven Lab in the 1980s and 1990s, is used worldwide by academia and industry to p...Workshop for new synchrotron light source at Brookhaven
First national users meeting for NSLS-II, a new synchrotron light source at Brookhaven Lab.... ... Monday, March 15, 2004, 8:30 a.m. 5 p.m. (with a continental breakfast prior to and a reception and dinner after the meeting).... ... Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York. The Laboratory is located 1.5 miles north of exit 68 on the Long Island Expressway.... ... NSLS-II is a propose...Brookhaven Lab expects $30 million to support life sciences
Upton, NY The Biology Department at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory recently announced that it expects to receive more than $30 million over the next five years, which will renew financing to support structural biological research, including studies of disease and genomics. ... ...The funding, administered by the Office of Biological and Environmental Resear...Brookhaven Lab develops 'ThraxVac' to clean up anthrax
UPTON, NY Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a device, dubbed "ThraxVac," that can collect and kill anthrax and other bacterial spores. The patent-pending device has been licensed to Circle Group Holdings, Inc., a public company based in Mundeen, Illinois.... ...ThraxVac vacuums up anthrax and other bacterial spores, then "tricks" the spo...Brookhaven Lab & Battelle collaborate on research that may lead to novel anti-microbial drugs
UPTON, NY The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Battelle of Columbus, Ohio, have joined together in a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to determine the structures of microbial proteins, research that may lead to the design of novel anti-microbial drugs. These drugs would be able to stop fungal or bacterial infections in patients whose immune sys...Rice, Brookhaven physicists decode initial stage of cell fusion
HOUSTON-- Sept. 12, 2002 -- Physicists at Rice University and the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have unraveled one of the most stubborn mysteries of basic biology -- the structure of the initial stage of membrane fusion. Described in this week's issue of Science, the findings open the door for studies that could improve the effectiveness of gene therapy and drug delivery.....Brookhaven Lab scientist wins Environmental Mutagen Society Award
Upton, NY - Richard Setlow, a senior biophysicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been named the recipient of the 2002 Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS) Award. He is being recognized for his research contributions to the field of environmental mutagenesis, which involves the study of how various agents in the environment, such as chemicals and radiation, l...Brookhaven Spotlights: News from the National Synchrotron Light Source
Brookhaven Spotlights is issued periodically to bring you up to date on some of the latest newsworthy developments at the U.S. Department of Energys Brookhaven National Laboratory. This issue is devoted to a sampling of research at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at Brookhaven, the worlds most frequently used facility for scientific research using x-rays, ultraviolet light, and inf...Enzyme studies at Brookhaven Lab may lead to new antiviral agents
UPTON, NY -- Three new enzyme studies at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have yielded a new strategy for blocking infection by human adenovirus. The findings, reported in the October, November, and December issues of the journal Biochemistry, have already been used to design novel antiviral drugs.... ...Adenoviruses cause a number of acute infections, including resp...Brookhaven scientists determine key Lyme disease protein structure
. . . UPTON, NY A research team working at the U.S. Department of Energys Brookhaven National Laboratory has determined the three-dimensional structure of a key protein on the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Called OspC, the protein is derived from two strains of the Lyme disease bacterium. This research may lead to a second-generation vaccine that would be more effective than the current o...New Brookhaven Lab study shows how ritalin works
.UPTON, NY New research on Ritalin, a drug prescribed to millions of American children each year with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), shows for the first time how the drug acts in the human brain and why it is so effective.. .The findings are reported in the January 15 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National L...New test for radiation damage to DNA developed at Brookhaven Lab
.UPTON, NY -- In research that could help assess the radiation risks faced by astronauts, improve the cancer-killing potential of radiation therapy, and distinguish between DNA damage caused by normal living and that caused by low-level radiation, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new way to detect and quantify varieties of radiation da....Upton, NY -- A team of scientists working at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has determined the atomic structure of a key enzyme that performs several important chemical jobs in the body, including synthesizing estrogen and detoxifying chemicals as they enter the body. In addition, the enzyme may have medical and commercial applications in cancer therapy, in redu...Brookhaven scientists create new ways to tag and track molecules
. . UPTON, NY–Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are developing a wide array of metallic "tags" to label proteins and other molecules. These tags will expand the toolbox scientists use to decode molecular structures, diagnose and treat diseases, and trace the movement of antibodies and drugs within cells. . . "These labels help us tag and se...Brookhaven lab collaboration determines how aging affects brain chemistry
.UPTON, NY - How does aging affect the brain? Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found chemical changes in the brain that may underlie the cognitive deterioration associated with aging. The results of their experiment will be reported in the J....Upton, NY--Two reports in the August 26 issue of the scientific journal Nature .describe landmark progress in understanding the structure of the ribosome. The.ribosome is a complex particle that makes the thousands of proteins that are.required for the structure and function of each living cell. Both Nature.reports are based on data generated by a scientific technique called x-ray.crystallogr...Brookhaven, Carnegie Scientists Report First 'Morphing' Of Plant Enzyme Function
.UPTON, NY -- In a transformation worthy of Hollywood special effects, biochemists.have for the first time "morphed" a plant enzyme, turning it into another enzyme.with a different function, through genetic manipulation.. . The achievement advances the prospects of "designer" plants for.renewable industrial raw materials, fuel and food. It also sheds new light on.how plant enzymes evol...